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Life & fun · August 25, 2026

Picture the Words

Learn languages via site and browser extension illustrations

Picture the Words launched on August 25, 2026 with 1 votes, #11,494 of 23,274 launches that month.

What it does

An audio-visual platform that teaches Japanese and English vocabulary through illustrations, related words, forms and example sentences. Study any of 1,000 illustrated concepts as flashcards, practice and review with SRS, customise your learning experience with notes, categories and more personalisation features. The free Chrome extension brings the same instant, illustrated lookups to any page you're reading — hover a word, see the picture, and remember it more easily than seeing only text.

Learn Japanese and English vocabulary through illustrations, in both directions. Organised by topic.

Every illustration connects Japanese and English in both directions — organised by topic, remembered through pictures rather than word lists. Early release — 1,000 concepts live, roughly 4,000 in development. See exactly what's included . Fifteen everyday domains, each one illustrated in bothfrom picturethewords.com

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